Chapter 67 Li Yan enters Yong
If we want to say who is the first person under Zhuge Liang in the Shu Han regime, it must be Li Yan.
This leader of the Dongzhou faction of the Shu Han Dynasty has been deeply involved in Jiangzhou for many years, and has extremely high political leverage and prestige. If the Shu Han Dynasty still had a system of three public officials and nine ministers, Li Yan would definitely be among the three public officials.
Unfortunately, since the Battle of Yiling, Zhuge Liang has vigorously consolidated power to maintain efficient and unified government orders, so Li Yan has never been able to get the power he wanted.
This made him very dissatisfied. Before the Northern Expedition, he complained to Zhuge Liang and expressed his hope to become the governor of Bazhou. After being rejected by Zhuge Liang, he encouraged Zhuge Liang to add Jiuxi, but was rejected again and was basically scolded.
However, a turning point came, and this opportunity was the victory of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
In just half a year, Shu Han opened up a small half of the state outside Yizhou. Because it is far away from Chengdu, new officials will inevitably be needed to control this place.
Only then was Li Yan sneaked out by Zhuge Liang and dragged out of Jiangzhou to work.
Zhuge Liang knew very well what kind of person Li Yan was. He does not have all the characteristics of a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and he has no loyalty to the current majesty. He only has a desire for power.
But his only advantage is that the benefits required to instigate rebellion against him are a bit high, which Wei Guo cannot afford. Therefore, Zhuge Liang could safely leave the five counties of Longyou under his control.
This time, Zhuge Liang took great pains to bring Li Yan out. He directly represented him as a hussar general and led the governor of Yongzhou. He also moved his son to Jiangzhou to take over his defense.
Basically all Li Yan's needs were met at once, so before Zhuge Liang could set out to return to Hanzhong, Li Yan had already rushed to Tianshui with the Shu army that took over Longyou's defense.
Zhuge Liang was well aware of Li Yan's little jiujiu, but he didn't say anything. He just handed over the power and led his troops back to Sichuan.
Since then, the five counties in Longyou have been under the jurisdiction of Li Yan.
"See Li Yongzhou!" All officials in Tianshui saluted Li Yan and congratulated the new governor.
It can be seen that Li Yan enjoys this process very much, and this feeling of having real power is very fascinating.
"Dear colleagues, from today on, I am officially responsible for the affairs of Longyou. All Han officials must work together with me to serve His Majesty!" After getting what he wanted, Li Yan also respected His Majesty a lot.
"I heard that Ma Su, the governor of Longxi, made great decisions in Longxi County and instituted a system called Land Equalization Law? Is this true?"
After talking about the scene, it was time for Li Yan to get down to business. The first thing he asked about was the Longxi County Land Equalization Law, which had been causing a lot of controversy recently.
This remark made many local officials suddenly happy. It seemed that the senior officials of the imperial court were also very dissatisfied with this. So one by one they began to complain and began to describe to Li Yan the contents of the Land Equalization Law that they had learned about.
Li Yan listened very seriously, and from time to time he would say something about Ma Su's nonsense.
But where the officials did not notice, several Li Yan's confidants were listening and taking notes, clearly remembering all the contents and implementation methods of the land equalization law.
This Longyou won't be stable in a short time...
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Because of the arrival of Li Yan in Longyou, the days that had been stable began to have undercurrents again.
However, these did not affect Ma Su. During these days, Ma Su was provoking and blocking outside Chencang City.
There is not much arable land in Chencang, so it is not suitable for farming at all. Hao Zhao basically relies on transportation of grain from the rear.
But after Ma Su came, things became not so easy.
The Wei army that came to transport grain was more than a hundred miles away from Chencang, and Ma Su found out. Without saying a word, he picked up his sword, mounted his horse, and went straight to the Wei army's grain transport team with his troops.
After a long-distance attack of more than fifty miles, they waited quietly for the Wei army's grain transport team to arrive at the ambush circle, and then charged and defeated it. Because the ambush point was too far away from Chencang, even if Hao Zhao reacted, he would not dare to go out of the city to rescue him.
After all, the infantry ran for more than fifty miles, and the Shu army stopped when they reached the place. It was really not certain whether they could defeat them.
Because Hao Zhao could not avoid the battle, the Shu army could show off their power outside the city with great arrogance, while the Wei army could only watch in frustration.
The only thing that made Ma Su regretful was that he didn't bring Shu brocade with him this time. Otherwise, he planned to ask Wang Ping to find someone to make a set of women's clothing and send it to Hao Zhao.
However, Hao Zhao was not idle. While suppressing the requests of the people below to fight, he also continued to send scouts to investigate. It took more than half a month for Hao Zhao to finally be sure.
Damn there is no large Shu army behind Ma Su, they are just five thousand alone!
It's not too big for you to install nm!
This discovery made Hao Zhao feel a little bit off guard. The opponent had been provoking for so long without the strength. If this word got out, Hao Zhao's face would really be in trouble.
"General?" The generals couldn't help but feel a little strange when they saw Hao Zhao's face turning as dark as the bottom of a pot after reading the scout's report.
"It's nothing! You are not allowed to tell anyone what happened today!" Hao Zhao suddenly raised his head, looked at several generals seriously and said.
Several subordinates became more and more curious, but they did not say anything, but nodded one after another.
"Okay! Get ready for me! Tonight we will attack the Shu army outside the city at night!" Hao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly.
"Every reaction of the Shu army now is within my calculation. It has been provoking for half a month, and its military spirit is exhausted and its heart has become arrogant."
"And when our army's morale is high and filled with righteous indignation, the Shu army can never be our opponent!"
"Now is the time to attack at night. It's a good time to defeat his army and kill Ma Di!"
After listening to Hao Zhao's words, several generals immediately realized that the general was holding back his nerves by waiting for so long.
Let me just say, how could General Hao, who was aggressive in the northwest, be afraid of the Shu people?
"Wei!" several generals answered with their hands in hand.
At midnight that day, Chencang City, which had been closed for half a month, finally opened. Hao Zhao personally led two thousand elite Wei troops and quietly filed out of the city.
The man had a title, the horse picked up the bell, and rushed all the way towards the Shu army camp.
The Shu army usually prepares meals as soon as possible, and thick smoke can be seen from far away.
By the second watch in the middle of the night, the Shu army camp was basically quiet, and there was no more noise.
Therefore, Hao Zhao decisively chose to rob the camp at midnight. At this time, the Shu army was basically asleep and no one could be alert.
On this night, the moon hung high in the sky, and the road could be seen clearly under the moonlight.
Two thousand Wei troops quietly reached the Shu camp and gently moved away the antlers. Hao Zhao personally rushed forward and kicked open the door, shouting,
"Men of Dawei, charge with me!!"
Two thousand Wei troops shouted together and charged towards the camp. If you see a fire, knock it down. If you see a tent, set it on fire.
However, the entire camp was still quiet, with no reaction at all.
The entire Shu army camp is an empty camp!
"What's wrong!" Seeing this scene, Hao Zhao's expression suddenly changed.
"Sichuan dogs have been prepared, retreat quickly!"